Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-14

fsh Q perennial woadss 10 Ne WY peeple
who have the time donv spsnd more OF q
The woods and meadowA ou Ne ehody hlll'
eide end b. the fern .iriuged brook end vtves'
lss,-particularly o. Tits ssasoa Of she yeas.
Doat they feel the mysterious uovlee o. w
sprlug tide In their bioodi II y one OF sncse
thiugs ttat make oil the world ktn, eos oaIy
oil men, nor eniy oil animal I'M nus sli sni'
mated nsturA
when " shs sep bssius TO nov afrssh In
the trees and they swell with suppressed
life until u o'esmssters the hard wood Itself.
and they burst forth oil over with buds and
blossoms and grcenia9 leaves; when the
birds flutter aud warbls Ia svsry tree ana
bush, on every ssucs aud thickst; whom I'M.
ssoss begiu To swsrm up out OF the soil and
nii the very air with bussins life In short
when naturs's heart rsvivsd boats % luseily
70 send the glow Of tinsiiog life through
eii hsr "vistole forma" man proves his
descent from her, the mother Of oil, BY the
responsive, sympathetic, thsObbiug and n A.
tsring and tingliny In his own heart ana
through ali bis arteries and veins The earn.
Ing he feels, the stress In oil bic being 70 10
out from the artificial usages and hsuuts. The
constraints OL woclsty and toWn.liiO and
civilization itsel', aud hOmssick TO throw
himself again In his mothers great bosom
and simply lie thers content at peacs. pro-
Inundly nattshed merely 10 exist there, In The
midst OF tho great family Of younger rela
tionA the birds, Insects, squirrels, reptiles,
hoWerA leaves, grass, and mossea who
breathe the ssno air, bask In the same sun.
shine, rest ON the came mothers lap and
live the same sweet and giadsome universal
lliA
I ehlsk ss,os 80 Al a.
teriOus instinct II dOes 10 oil GOOD once In
awhile to get homo again among our hum.
bier, primitive relatives Like the old
Greek hero, Il ireshens our life and revives
our strength TO put ourselves In c0ntaCk ~ it
were. with the very soil whence we have
spfinR, and to open our soul 70 the subtle In.
huencos Of tho swelling tide Of universal
lie that hoods the earth and cir In spring.
unfortunstely, however, some Of us are %
nxed that II n only on raro and exceptional
occasions that We can follow the natural aud
wholesome impulse away from the brick
walls and paved stroets and Incorporating
pursuits OF the city to tread tho green grass
snd downy moss OF the hsld and woods, 70
commune with the trees and flowers, aud On.
JOY the liquid laughter Of the streamleta'
waves or unite IN the praiseful melody OF
singing birds and humming beea
IL We had the park at Lancaster that we
ou&uS I" noN0 buofO WOuIu u D On 00C0 vOH Olls
rich and poor, busy and lazy. But We
So all We can do IL to make tho best Of It,
meanwhile only. sill We get our park -
course It isn't any thing like - good y doing
directly and personally ourselves But L
II tho next best thing opon 70 good many
OF US
Whist mean Ia II you arc tied down to cit
MT e,1~ -.
even peach tree, thank God that you hsve .
tree Of any kind TO sit under, and then ges
the books Of some nature.lover and inter.
prefer like Henry ID Morssu, or John Bur.
rouRhs, or Edith Thonas, who st time, op
pottunity, aud sense enough To understand
Nature In her ever varying mood, and
through their medium just enjoy
"The spring. iarsess. which she scattsrs
Though o., hearts never understand
To take It al q obs value. but pass by
lhe offered wealth with unrewari.d eye.
Ihave just teen utilizing Q little OF my
spare time in that way. l got . copy Of the
new edition Of Rural Hours, just published
by Houshton, Mifilin q Co. written by
Susan Fen more Cooper, the daughter Of the
author whoss Leathersiocking stories uAed
to be u dsligh; OF my boy hoods Romantic
DAYS puu he, Artleta resofd f,f daily Ohsav
vsi,ons In tis q or forest. by the rosd.,ds ana
along the ni,ad1v n,resms so nlen,in,i
srouad her old ho ne in Coopsrs,owo. New
York. has given ms the real apring f.siing,
~ II Rad sciuAlly been hearing the little
virsos and wsrolers among the blossoms and
seeing the Wild ho~ers.
. DIn-cloi.tared In the odorou, wo,d
shadowloviDg ais erhood":
aSif l bad tctusliy myself tasted the rare
perfume OF tha rich spring air out In the
cluntTy where on = thoutal trees Just now
"1he crsu,py buss breath. s~.e,nes, a. tbev
clu,tor-ii,s apart"
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haSen't either, i advise you to get II and do
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